What is rake?

Understanding Poker Rake

In order to comprehend what rakeback is we first need to learn about
rake. Brick and mortar and and online poker rooms both charge rake to
play poker. How it is charged varies on the type of game you play, for
example when entering a tournament a player will pay €50+5, the plus 5
represents the commission fee or what's known as rake.

Rake in cash games is somewhat different to multi-table tournaments and
sit and goes, both live and online poker rooms usually have a standard
policy of no flop no drop. This simply means that unless a flop is
played, no rake is charged. Drop refers to the drop slot that dealers
at live tables use for collecting rake. Once a flop is played, the
amount of rake charged ultimately depends on the size of the pot,
usually this charge is capped at a certain limit. The cap will depend
on the buy-in level or stake.

Where we come in

When you sign up for a rakeback deal through Best of Rakeback we help
you recuperate a percentage of the rake you pay to play online poker,
regardless of whether you play cash games or tournaments a rakeback deal
is a necessity for playing online poker. Rakeback can transform a
slightly losing or break even player into a profitable player, don't
underestimate the potential earning power it can have.

Please note that in order to avail of rakeback players must sign up
through a rakeback provider, the majority of online poker rooms don't
provide rakeback deals to customers who sign up for an account directly
with the poker room.

Our RakeBack Calulcator can
give you a good idea of how much money you're missing out on. Below you
can see an example of potential monthly rakeback earnings playing full
ring games.

Limit

1hr/day

2hrs/day

3hrs/day

4hrs/day

5hrs/day

6hrs/day

7hrs/day

8hrs/day

$0.50 – $1

$210

$420

$630

$840

$1,050

$1,260

$1,470

$1,680

$1 – $2

$425

$850

$1,275

$1,700

$2,125

$2,550

$2,975

$3,400

$2 – $4

$780

$1,560

$2,340

$3,120

$3,900

$4,680

$5,460

$6,240

$3 – $6

$1,200

$2,400

$3,600

$4,800

$6,000

$7,200

$8,400

$9,600

$5 – $10

$1,860

$3,720

$5,580

$7,440

$9,300

$11,160

$13,020

$14,880

$10 – $20

$2,140

$4,280

$6,420

$8,560

$10,700

$12,840

$14,980

$17,120

$15 – $30

$2,280

$4,560

$6,840

$9,120

$11,400

$13,680

$15,960

$18,240

If you play heads up or short handed (4-6max) these figures can be
almost doubled!